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Warren on Birds of Montrose County, Colorado. 1 — This is an annotated 

 list of about 115 species, based on observations made by Mr. Warren during 

 the month of April, 1906 and 1908, and notes furnished him by Mr. C. H. 

 Smith, made during the last ten years. Montrose County is in the south- 

 western part of the State, on the Utah border, and is not well-known orni- 

 thologically. — J. A. A. 



Sclater on the Winter Birds of Colorado. 2 — This is a pleasantly written 

 account of winter bird life in the vicinity of Colorado Springs, prepared 

 with a view to its interest for European readers, the author disclaiming 

 that "there is anything original" in it, in the sense, we suppose, of new 

 information. The commoner winter birds of the region are briefly men- 

 tioned, this running commentary being followed by nominal lists of the 

 resident birds and winter visitants of El Paso County, Colorado. — J. A. A. 



Wetmore's Notes on Some Northern Arizona Birds. 3 — This is a list of 

 40 species, based on specimens taken by the author at Williams, Arizona, 

 February 24 to April 1, 1907, with extended and interesting field notes. 

 Among the species recorded are six forms of Junco. — J. A. A. 



Oberholser's List of Alabama Birds. — The 'First Biennial Report of the 

 Department of Game and Fish of the State of Alabama,' covering the period 

 from February 23, 1907, to September, 1908, contains (pp. 104-110) 'A 

 List of the principal Birds to be found in Alabama,' by Harry C. Oberholser. 

 This is purely a nominal list of 275 species and subspecies, which serves at 

 least to show the author's personal views on various questions of nomen- 

 clature in cases where his preference for certain generic and a few spe- 

 cific names differs from that of the A. O. U. Check-List, about thirty 

 instances. — J. A. A. 



Oberholser's Revision of the Kingfishers of the Genus Ramphalcyon 4 — 

 This revision is based primarily upon specimens collected by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott, in the East Indies. The range of the genus includes southern Asia, 

 the Philippine Islands, Java, Borneo, Flores, Sumatra, and Sulu Islands. 

 Pelargopsis Gloger, formerly employed for the group, is shown to be a nomen 

 nullum, and is replaced by Ramphalcyon Reichenbach. Two species are 

 recognized, — R. melanorhynchus, with three subspecies, and R. capensis, 

 with 15 subspecies, of which four are here described as new. Heretofore 

 each of the forms previously recognized has been given, with a single ex- 

 ception, full specific rank. — J. A. A. 



1 Notes on the Birds of southwestern Montrose County, Colorado. By Edward R. 

 Warren. Condor, Vol. XI, No. 1. 1909, pp. 11-17. 



2 The Winter Birds of Colorado. By W. L. Sclater, Ibis, July, 1908, pp. 443-450. 



3 Notes on some northern Arizona Birds. By Alex Wetmore. Kansas University 

 Science Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 19, September, 1908, pp. 377-388. 



4 Revision of the Kingfisher Genus Ramphalcyon (Pelargopsis). By Harry C. Ober- 

 holser. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXXV, pp. 657-680. Published Feb. 9, 1909. 



